Hollywood’s real-life version of War of the Roses continues to escalate. Actor Charlie Sheen seemed to get the upper hand yesterday when his camp revealed an e-mail in which his ex-wife, actress Denise Richards, appears to BEG Sheen for a sample of his sperm so that she can have another child. Richards was ambushed by the e-mail in an interview with Matt Lauer on The Today Show.

Now it’s Richards’ turn to hit back. Right below the belt. First, in an interview with the New York Post, Richards denies wanting Sheen’s sperm to father another child saying,

“I don’t want Charlie’s prostitute-tranny-infested sperm.”

Richards also says Sheen sent her an obscene text message last week that said,

“I hope you and your worthless retarded father get cancer and join your stupid mom. Rot in hell you f*&#ing whore.”

The Charlie Sheen/Denise Richards Tabloid War is off to a rousing start. Predictably, things are getting real ugly real fast.

Yesterday, over breakfast, millions of Americans were able to watch Matt Lauer grill Richards about sperm on The Today Show. Sheen’s lawyers leaked an e-mail to the media in which Richards BEGS Sheen for a sperm donation because she wanted to have another child.

Richards denies writing the e-mail and now says it was doctored.

Sheen’s defense is basically that Richards is a crazy bitch,

“Her claims that her e-mail has been fabricated or altered in any way to create this story are absurd. The mere fact that she continues to publicly discuss and harass both Brooke and me three years after our separation, which for the record is longer than the actual length of the marriage, is beyond desperate and speaks volumes.”

I don’t know who’s telling the truth and who’s lying in this sordid battle. Frankly, I don’t care. I just know this gives me a chance to post another picture of Denise Richards in a bikini.